Air is everywhere
“Then we who are alive, who are left, will…meet with God in the air”
1 Thessalonians 4:17
Today I insulated two double pane windows with another layer of AIR, Air Insulation Resource, thus making them three-pane windows. Now I have some windows that still have two panes, some three panes, some four panes (ones with layers of glazing on each side of storm window) and some five-pane window (those with inserts). I realized Saturday and talking to people today that my explanation on the AIR web page is not clear and adaptable to many situations. I am taking some time away from the web, from tomorrow (Tuesday) until next Tuesday, but when I get back I plan to clarify the situation with pictures of how to adapt the AIR insulation to various situations. The idea of using layers of AIR by using multiple clear plastic glazing over windows is an old idea but it needs some new life and vigor injected into it.
One of the reasons the idea of using AIR to insulate might be slow around here is the good weather we are enjoying. Today it was over 70 degrees outside and will be in the sixties, I understand, for the next few days. But the cold and the winter will come as it always does and it is better to be prepared first. I am doing my outside window opportunities now but next week will do the inside opportunities.
Our friend, John, who did the five pane inserts, has been developing a simple solar system to provide electricity for the sunroom. He was ready to go last week but now has decided he needs more time for research and study. So I do not think we will get to it this year.
I put a box full of compost below the outside greenhouse today. This lifts the small greenhouse off the concrete and hopefully will keep it warmer. I have my temperature data-logger to measure the temperature inside, and have some wireless temperature gauges that I need to set up to measure the temperature outside the greenhouse and in the greenhouse of the sunroom. I hope to be able to grow, with the help of sun and layers of air, indoors and out this winter.
With so much to do why am I taking some more time away from these projects and others we are engaged in with the www.nonviolentworm.org ? I am not sure what the answer is, but I know it is something to do with what Martin Luther King said, that the busier he got the more he needed to get away for prayer and reflection. It is something to do with Thomas Merton, who the further he removed himself form the daily business of the world in his hermitage, the clearer he saw the world as it is. I know it has something to do with silence and reflection leading to action. And certainly my own health of body, spirit and soul tells me that I need to detach myself in order to more fully engage. So the postings of the Diary of the Worm will be closed till next Tuesday, a week from tomorrow. Like the outside windows, I need more layers of air to cope with the winter months.
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